This page was created using knowledge collected while playing with Acer Aspire 3003 WLMi, but i will be probably compatible with other 300x Aspires. You can add your laptops to the compatibility list.

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[[Category:Acer]]

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This page was created using knowledge collected while playing with Acer Aspire 3003 WLMi, but it will be probably compatible with other 300x Aspires. You can add your laptops to the compatibility list.

You can use this xorg.conf to get your [[Synaptics]] touchpad, USB mouse (or optionally [[wacom]] tablet) and SiS graphical adapter with [[sisctrl]] support working.

You can use this xorg.conf to get your [[Synaptics]] touchpad, USB mouse (or optionally [[wacom]] tablet) and SiS graphical adapter with [[sisctrl]] support working.

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# Section "Extensions"

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== FBDev (SiSFB FrameBuffer) ==

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# Option "Composite" "Enable"

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=== /boot/grub/menu.lst ===

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# EndSection

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If you want have nicer screen resolutin in [[framebuffer]] (textmode), then you have to add this configuration in [[/boot/grub/menu.lst]].

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Section "ServerLayout"

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==== sisfb ====

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##HARVIE

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If you want to specify your own resolution using custom video driver, then you have to replace ''vga'' option with ''video'' option. For example if you want to user resolution 1280x800 with 32-bit color depth at 76Hz (which is recommended for [[Acer Aspire 3000]]) then you can use this option:

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##HARVIE-END

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video=sisfb:mode:1280x800x32,rate:76

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Identifier "Layout0"

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You can also play with memory consumption like this, but its not needed and it can cause some problems, if you do not know what are you doing:

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Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0

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video=sisfb:mode:1280x800x24,mem:12288,rate:76

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InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"

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InputDevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer"

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==== vga ====

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InputDevice "Wacom Tablet" "SendCoreEvents"

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Basically you can append this option to the [[kernel parameters]]. This should work on any VGA compliant graphical adapter if it will have enough resources. But it will look ugly on widescreens, LCDs and similar, if they do not match the exact VGA resolution and it is better to use ''video=...'' option.

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InputDevice "Wacom Pen" "SendCoreEvents"

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vga=791

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InputDevice "Wacom Eraser" "SendCoreEvents"

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If you do not like 791 mode, then you can use this:

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InputDevice "Wacom Mouse" "SendCoreEvents"

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vga=ask

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EndSection

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And you will be informed about all modes compatible with your system configuration after reboot.

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Section "Module"

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=== /etc/rc.local ===

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Load "dbe"

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If you are using kernel option ''video=sisfb:...'' instead of ''vga=...'' then you should add following line to [[/etc/rc.local]], to get better colours in terminal (for example to have nicer images in 'links -g')...

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Load "i2c"

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fbset -a -depth 32

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Load "bitmap"

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32 bit mode should be set from ''video=...'' option in menu.lst, but it shouldn't work every time on every system. So it's better to check it from rc.local. Note this will cause one more "screen blink" during the boot and it will do nothing if sisfb (or any other video module) is not found or used.

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Load "ddc"

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Load "dri"

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== /etc/mkinitcpio.conf ==

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Load "extmod"

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You can also add sisfb module to [[mkinitcpio]] by adding it to the /etc/mkinitcpio.conf and regenerating mkinitcpio. This will allow sisfb get loaded before filesystems are mounted, so you will get nice screen resolution much earlier than without it.

Revision as of 23:52, 12 December 2013

This page was created using knowledge collected while playing with Acer Aspire 3003 WLMi, but it will be probably compatible with other 300x Aspires. You can add your laptops to the compatibility list.

FBDev (SiSFB FrameBuffer)

/boot/grub/menu.lst

sisfb

If you want to specify your own resolution using custom video driver, then you have to replace vga option with video option. For example if you want to user resolution 1280x800 with 32-bit color depth at 76Hz (which is recommended for Acer Aspire 3000) then you can use this option:

video=sisfb:mode:1280x800x32,rate:76

You can also play with memory consumption like this, but its not needed and it can cause some problems, if you do not know what are you doing:

video=sisfb:mode:1280x800x24,mem:12288,rate:76

vga

Basically you can append this option to the kernel parameters. This should work on any VGA compliant graphical adapter if it will have enough resources. But it will look ugly on widescreens, LCDs and similar, if they do not match the exact VGA resolution and it is better to use video=... option.

vga=791

If you do not like 791 mode, then you can use this:

vga=ask

And you will be informed about all modes compatible with your system configuration after reboot.

/etc/rc.local

If you are using kernel option video=sisfb:... instead of vga=... then you should add following line to /etc/rc.local, to get better colours in terminal (for example to have nicer images in 'links -g')...

fbset -a -depth 32

32 bit mode should be set from video=... option in menu.lst, but it shouldn't work every time on every system. So it's better to check it from rc.local. Note this will cause one more "screen blink" during the boot and it will do nothing if sisfb (or any other video module) is not found or used.

/etc/mkinitcpio.conf

You can also add sisfb module to mkinitcpio by adding it to the /etc/mkinitcpio.conf and regenerating mkinitcpio. This will allow sisfb get loaded before filesystems are mounted, so you will get nice screen resolution much earlier than without it.